adam bien's blog

GlassFish / Jersey Exception "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: object is not an instance of declaring class" And Solution 📎

The exception:


SEVERE: The RuntimeException could not be mapped to a response, re-throwing to the HTTP container
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: object is not an instance of declaring class
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.JavaMethodInvokerFactory$1.invoke(JavaMethodInvokerFactory.java:60)
	at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.AbstractResourceMethodDispatchProvider$TypeOutInvoker._dispatch(AbstractResourceMethodDispatchProvider.java:185)
	at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.dispatch(ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.java:75)
	at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.HttpMethodRule.accept(HttpMethodRule.java:288)
	at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.ResourceClassRule.accept(ResourceClassRule.java:108)
	[…]

is caused by exposing EJB 3.1 methods directly via REST without having a no-interface view declared. This happens when your EJB 3.1 REST-endpoint implements an additional interface without declaring the no-interface view:


import javax.ejb.*;

@Path("RESTafari)
@Singleton
public class RESTEndpoint implements SomeLocalInterface{}

Adding a @LocalBean annotation (and activating the no-interface view) solves the problem:


import javax.ejb.*;

@LocalBean
@Path("RESTafari)
@Singleton
public class RESTEndpoint implements SomeLocalInterface{}